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seize seized seiz·ing 1 or seise : to put in possession of property or vest with the right of possession or succession [stand seized of land] 2 : to take possession or custody of (property) esp. by lawful authority [ drugs as evidence] [the judgment of criminal forfeiture shall authorize the Attorney General to the interest or property subject to forfeiture "Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 32(b)(2)"] [can the goods subject to his security interest and…keep them in satisfaction of the debt "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] compare foreclose, repossess 3 : to detain (a person) in such circumstances as would lead a reasonable person to believe that he or she was not free to leave [determined that the defendant was seized when surrounded by police officers] seiz·able adj ...
Seized
Seized, the expression 'seized' in the context in which it is used in the Sea Customs Act, 1878 means take possession of contrary to the wishes of the owner of the property, Gian Chand v. State of Punjab, AIR 1962 SC 496 (498): (1962) Supp 2 SCR 498 (499). (See Customs Act, 1878, s. 178A)...
Seize
Seize, the word means taking in physical custody, Textile Traders Syndicate Ltd., Bulandshahr v. State of U.P., AIR 1960 All 405 (407). (Criminal PC, 1898, s. 550)To forcibly take possession (of a person or property), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1363....
Fieri facias
Fieri facias, usually abbreviated fi. fa. (that you cause to be made), a judicial writ of execution, the most commonly used that lies for him who has recovered any debt or damages in the King's Courts. It is a command to the sheriff, that of the goods and chattels of the party he 'cause to be made' the sum recovered by the judgment, with interest at 4l. per cent. from the time of entered-up judgment, to be rendered to the party who sued it out. If the sheriff return nulla bona, an alias fi. fa. may issue; and upon that being returned, a pluries or testatum fi. fa. may be issued into another county. The 12th s. of the Judgments Act,1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110), authorizes the sheriff to seize money, bank notes, cheques, bills of exchange, etc., of the person against whose effects the writ is sued out; but he cannot seize money or bank notes after the death of the debtor, Johnson v. Pickering, (1908) 1 KB 1.A writ of execution that directs a marshal or sheriff to seize and sell a defendants...
seizure
seizure : the act, fact, or process of seizing: as a : the seizing of property that involves meaningful interference with a person's possessory interest in it [ of evidence found in plain view] see also plain view b : the seizing of a person (as for arrest or investigation) see also arrest, stop compare search NOTE: The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right against unreasonable searches and seizures. It requires that a warrant may issue only upon probable cause, and that the warrant particularly describe the persons or things to be seized. Not all seizures, however, require a warrant. A seizure that constitutes an arrest requires probable cause to be reasonable, and a stop usually requires reasonable suspicion of the particular person or persons stopped, although stops like those at drunk driving checkpoints may be justified by a plan that places explicit and neutral limitations on the conduct of police officers with no requirement of individualized suspi...
disseise
disseise or dis·seize [dis-sēz] vt dis·seised or: dis·seized dis·seis·ing or: dis·seiz·ing [Anglo-French disseisir to dispossess, from Old French dessaisir, from des-, prefix marking reversal + saisir to put in possession of] : to deprive of seisin wrongfully : unjustly dispossess dis·sei·sor [-sē-zər] n ...
usurp
usurp [Latin usurpare to take possession of without a strict legal claim, from usus use + rapere to seize] vt : to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right [the courts may not the powers of the legislature] vi : to seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully usur·pa·tion [yü-sər-pā-shən, -zər-] n usurp·er [y-sər-pər, -zər-] n ...
Extent
Extent, the peculiar remedy to recover debts of record due to the Crown; it differs from an ordinary writ of execution at the suit of a subject, because under it the body, lands, and goods of the debtor may all be taken at once, in order to compel the payment of the debt. It is not usual, however, to seize the body.There are two kinds of Extent--in chief and in aid. (1) Extent in chief. It issues from the Exchequer, and may bear teste and be made returnable on any day certain in term of vacation (5 & 6 Vict. c. 86, s. 8). It directs the sheriff to take an inquisition or inquest of office, on the oaths of lawful men, to ascertain the lands, etc., of the debtor, and seize the same into the King's hands. The writ should be preceded by a cire facias in order to bring the debtor into Court, and afford him an opportunity to show cause against it; but where the debt is in danger of being lost, the extent will be issued without a scire facias upon an affidavit of circumstances; and after the s...
Inheritance
Inheritance, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate by right of representation as his heir t law.The 'canons of inheritance' are the rules directing the descent of real property throughout the lineal and collateral consanguinity of the owner dying intestate.These rules have been abolished in the case of deaths after January 1st, 1926, with a few exceptions (see HEIR), by the (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 51, but they still affect the devolution before 1926 of all titles to estates of inheritance.Inheritance Act.--The Inheritance Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 106), materially altered the old canons of real property descent, but because the Act does not extend to any descent which took place on the death of any person who died before the 1st of January, 1834, it is deemed expedient to give both old and new:-Old Canons.--The old Canons, which obtain in cases of ancestors dying before the 1st of January, 1834...
aircraft piracy
aircraft piracy 1 : the hijacking of an aircraft esp. in flight ;specif : the act of seizing control of an aircraft by force, violence, threat, or intimidation with wrongful intent 2 : the felony of hijacking or seizing control of an aircraft called also air piracy ...
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